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A man walks past boxes that were moved out of the Eisenhower Executive Office building, just outside the West Wing, inside the White House complex, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Washington. The State Department says it's unable to compile a complete accounting of gifts presented to U.S. officials by foreign governments during the final year of the Trump administration due to missing White House data. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

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State Department: WH gift records for Trump, Pence missing
By MATTHEW LEE - AP Diplomatic Writer
Fri,04/08/22-3:28PM , 95 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says it is unable to compile a complete and accurate accounting of gifts presented to former President Donald Trump and other U.S. officials by foreign governments during Trump's final year in office, citing missing data from the White House.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Israel's President Isaac Herzog pose for a photo as they meet at the Presidency, Sunday, March 27, 2022, in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

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Blinken reassures allies ahead of possible Iran deal
By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press
Sun,03/27/22-4:00AM , 248 Reads
JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday sought to reassure a wary Israel and its Gulf Arab allies that the Biden administration is committed to their security ahead of the possible renewal of global powers' international nuclear deal with Iran.
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a North Atlantic Council meeting during a NATO summit to discuss Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the alliance's headquarters, Thursday, March 24, 2022 in Brussels. (Evelyn Hockstein, Pool via AP)

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Blinken set to see Israelis, Arabs wary about Iran, Ukraine
By MATTHEW LEE - AP Diplomatic Writer
Sat,03/26/22-6:57AM , 156 Reads
JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will try to use his three-nation tour of the Middle East and North Africa to reassure wary Israelis and Arabs that the Biden administration is committed to the region's security at a time when Washington is confronting multiple foreign policy challenges.
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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Madeleine Albright is surrounded by reporters as she arrives Feb. 25, 1996, for United Nations Security Council consultations concerning the downing of two U.S. civilian planes by Cuban jets over waters north of Cuba. Albright is being remembered as a woman of conviction and determination who liked to say she told things like they were and not the way she might like them to be. Albright died of cancer Wednesday, March 23, 2022, at the age of 84. (AP Photo/David Karp, File)

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Memories of Albright: A legacy of bluntness and conviction
By MATTHEW LEE - AP Diplomatic Writer
Thu,03/24/22-1:02PM , 148 Reads
The last full working day of Bill Clinton’s presidency ended with a dreary Washington winter afternoon. Wind-swept rain and sleet pounded on the windows of Madeleine Albright’s seventh-floor office at the State Department, obscuring her usually clear view of the Lincoln Memorial.
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